Situated in the heart of Beaujolais, Morgon AOC stands as one of the region’s most revered crus, nestled between Burgundy and the Rhône Valley. Known for producing wines of depth, structure and quiet power, Morgon expresses a distinctive sense of place, shaped by its varied soils and exposures across ten celebrated crus villages.

Among its most quietly revered growers is Daniel Bouland, a true traditionalist crafting deeply expressive, old-school wines.

This wine used to come to us simply as Morgon Vieilles Vignes without the name of the vineyard or lieu-dit (it is now labelled Morgon Les Délys Vignes plantées en 1926). It comes from a single hectare of 100-year-old vines located on the Morgon-Chiroubles border at the end of the Corcelette valley—a terroir historically known as Délys. The old, gnarled vines sit on a southeast-facing slope, planted at 10,000 vines per hectare. 

As always, this is likely to be Bouland’s most age-worthy wine, and it is something special in 2024. It’s a superb Délys, dense and silken, underpinned by graphite-like minerality and magic length.